Improvement in seeding-machines



J. BADGER.

Grain-Drill- No. 22,339. Patented Dec. 21, 1858.

N.PETERS, Pum'muTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BADGER, OF BAILEYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDlNG-MACHINES.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22,339, dated December 21, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BADGER, of Baileyville, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Broadcast SeedingMachine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of my invention, taken in the line 00 tr of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, taken in the line y y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a series of circular plates and stir rers fitted on a rotating shaft, which is placed in'a seed-box provided with a slotted bottom and a slide, the whole being arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby seed may be sown very evenly in a broadcast manner, and the amount of seed to be sown in a given area of ground graduated as desired.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it.

A represents an axle, on each end of which a wheel, 13, is placed, and B B are two bars, which project horizontally at the front side of the axle, and are connected at theirfront ends by a traverse-bar, a. The bars B B form a frame, and support a seed-box, O, the bars passing through the upper part of the seedbox. The seed-box is of oblongforni, and is a short distance in front of the axle A, and nearly equal to it in length. It has a curved bottom, D, which transversely is of semicircular form, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The bottom D is slotted transversely at equal distances apart, as shown at a, and a slotted slide, E, fitted between proper guides 12 b, is placed directly on the bottom D, and allowed to slide freely on it.

The slide E projects through one end of the seed-box, and a lever, F, is attached thereto, the said lever having its fulcrum-pin 0 passingthrough a bar, d, attached to the back side of the seed-box, as seen in Fig. 2.

Longitudinally within the seed-box O a shaft, F, is placed. The journals of this shaft are fitted in adjustable plates G G, placed between guides e c at each end of the seed-box. The plates G G, and consequently the shaft F, may be raised and lowered, as desired, by

means of screw-rods H H, which pass through guidesf, attached to the ends of the seed-box, and 'nuts 9, attached to the plates G G. (See Fig. 2.) On the shaft F a series of circular plates, I, are placed at equal distances apart, a plate being directly over each slot at in the bottom D of the hopper, as shown plainly in Fig. 2.

Between the circular plates I strips h, of leather or other suitable material, are placed, one leather strip between each pair of plates. These strips serve as stirrers, and their operation will presently be explained.

The seed-box C may be constructed of wood, and also the shaft F. The circular plates may be of metal. The bottom D of the hopper and also the slide E may also be of metal plate. Y

One end of the shaft has a pulley, J, upon it, said pulley having abelt, K, passingaround it, and also around another pulley, 6, attached concentrically with one of the wheels 13, and a draft-pole, A, is attached to the traversepiece a of the bars B B.

The operation is as follows: The seed-box O is supplied with a requisite quantityof seed, and as the machine is drawn along a rotary motion is communicated to the roller F. The slide E is so adjusted as to regulate the size of the opening or slots a in the bottom D, as may be desired. The stirrers h, as they rotate, keep-the seed in a loose state within the seed-box, while the plates I, by adjusting the shaft F higher or lower, regulate its discharge through the apertures or slots 0.. The whole device is extremely simple and efficient, the work being done in a perfect manner, and the device is capable of sowing seed of various sizes, the plates I being adjusted to suit the size of the seed to be sown.

1 do not claim separately any of the parts herein described, for they have all been used under different forms of arrangements, and in combination with other parts; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The circular plates I and stirrers h, attached to the rotating shaft F, within the seed-box 0, arranged and combined with the slotted bottom D and slide E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN BADGER. Witnesses:

W. S. A. MORSE, RANsoM BAILEY. 

